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foreign tourists find switzerland too expensive. meanwhile, the swiss are neglecting their on resorts in favor of a cheap holiday abroad. >> i am watching the situation with enormous concern. things have gotten worse. jobs and businesses are really in danger now and that is bad for our economy. >> the swiss franc is at an all- time high against the euro. a new study shows that a thousand hotels across the alps are threatened with closure. >> there will be job cuts. there has already been. each of the hotels have had to cut back from jobs. >> swiss hotel owners are looking anxiously to the government for solutions but so far in vain. an attempt by the swiss national bank to slow down the rise of the franc simply resulted in the bank losing over $20 billion. while the crisis in the eurozone continues, the swiss franc will remain a safe haven and there is little that non-european union member switzerland has no say in the policy wings in brussels. >> they were the worst floods in pakistan's history and a year ago today, torrence were g
foreign tourists find switzerland too expensive. meanwhile, the swiss are neglecting their on resorts in favor of a cheap holiday abroad. >> i am watching the situation with enormous concern. things have gotten worse. jobs and businesses are really in danger now and that is bad for our economy. >> the swiss franc is at an all- time high against the euro. a new study shows that a thousand hotels across the alps are threatened with closure. >> there will be job cuts. there has...
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on the sun lightning power runs the fastest one hundred metres of the season in switzerland clocking a blistering time of nine point seven eight sec. after a tough injury ridden time of late maria sharapova looks at last back to her best the russian storming into the wimbledon final her first major decider in three years following a straight sets win over sabine lisicki sharapova though not with the best of starts losing the opening three games but the fifth seed recovered with aplomb taking nine of the next ten against the german that would see her clinch their first set six four with the second and more straightforward of her taking it six three trucks but this into our second final out the all england club she famously won an all in two thousand and four aged just seventeen shara is yet to drop a single set this tournament but she isn't twenty unarmored with her for us here. it's a great feeling it's been many years but it's a really great feeling and today i was in my purse match of the championships was really happy to get through in two sets but. it's pretty amazing stage await
on the sun lightning power runs the fastest one hundred metres of the season in switzerland clocking a blistering time of nine point seven eight sec. after a tough injury ridden time of late maria sharapova looks at last back to her best the russian storming into the wimbledon final her first major decider in three years following a straight sets win over sabine lisicki sharapova though not with the best of starts losing the opening three games but the fifth seed recovered with aplomb taking...
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without my garfield id, i left havana in 1981 and went to zurich, switzerland, thanks to james joyce. my dancing there became walking through the silence of the city. instead of people looking at me like my family did when i was a child, people began to ask me, where are you from? i felt disoriented, exiled. the changing perception of nature, religious views, philosophical and political opinions, botanical knowledge and idiomatic sounds, everything new. i asked myself many times for a specific reason why my irish family went to cuba and began searching for missing pieces of my irish history in irish, cuban, and catalan archives to discover before me that i had a fascinating history of displacement and transformations in various geographic setings. my book, ticket it ride, is a personal journey towards the past and the present. there is no one but many places i belong to: havana, dublin, mahon, barcelona, and since the lay 80's, the bay area. so thank you very much. . >> i'm going to do this in about 5 parts. i hope you will bear with me. first of all, i want to thank cross roads for i
without my garfield id, i left havana in 1981 and went to zurich, switzerland, thanks to james joyce. my dancing there became walking through the silence of the city. instead of people looking at me like my family did when i was a child, people began to ask me, where are you from? i felt disoriented, exiled. the changing perception of nature, religious views, philosophical and political opinions, botanical knowledge and idiomatic sounds, everything new. i asked myself many times for a specific...
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on those on liking stuff apollo runs the fastest one hundred metres of the season in switzerland clocking a blistering time of nine point seven eight seconds. tennis and after a tough injury ridden time of late maria sharapova looks at last her best the russian storming into the wimbledon final her first major decider in three years following a straight sets win over steppin lisicki shriver though not with the best of starts losing the opening three games but the fifteen recovered with aplomb taking nine of the next ten against the german but with your constant first set six four with the second the more straightforward a for taken at six three versus interest second final at the all england club she famously one of the all in two thousand and four aged just seventeen shara is yet to drop a single set this tournament but isn't really a number with reform. it's a great feeling in many years but it's a really great feeling and today i was in my best match of the championships really happy to get through and. it's pretty amazing stage how waiting on saturday's surprise package patrick of eac
on those on liking stuff apollo runs the fastest one hundred metres of the season in switzerland clocking a blistering time of nine point seven eight seconds. tennis and after a tough injury ridden time of late maria sharapova looks at last her best the russian storming into the wimbledon final her first major decider in three years following a straight sets win over steppin lisicki shriver though not with the best of starts losing the opening three games but the fifteen recovered with aplomb...
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likening ourself apollo runs the fastest one hundred meters of the season in switzerland clocking a blistering time of nine point seven eight seconds. pickett arguin caster i buckle for all the strikes that made our goal week sixteen in the russian premier league true to your number one shortly. tennis first and after a tough injury ridden time of late maria sharapova looks at last back to her best the russian storming into the wimbledon final her first major decider in three years following a straight sets win over sabine lisicki shrub for though not with the best of starts losing the opening three games however the fifth seed recovered with aplomb taking nine of the next ten games against a german that would see her clinch the first set six four with this second more straightforward dominating it six three drop for into her second final of the all england club she famously one of the all in two thousand and four aged just seventeen shara is yet to drop a single set this tournament but isn't totally unarmored with performance yet. it's a great feeling it's been many years but it's a really gr
likening ourself apollo runs the fastest one hundred meters of the season in switzerland clocking a blistering time of nine point seven eight seconds. pickett arguin caster i buckle for all the strikes that made our goal week sixteen in the russian premier league true to your number one shortly. tennis first and after a tough injury ridden time of late maria sharapova looks at last back to her best the russian storming into the wimbledon final her first major decider in three years following a...
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and those of you know warm welcome to the program switzerland as a top ten investor in russia the president of the two countries are meeting wednesday for the you know gratian of the wholesome cement plant in moscow and to discuss a potential free trade agreement that we caught up with the swiss economic minister to find out what investors are looking for when it comes to russia. need their own need for pick an olive tree here in new york the technology being. offered by the swiss companies the big companies and the smaller companies as well and of the other side in switzerland from different branches the russian products russian product. development the here and there is quite positively and would be worth. being one spaced on the free trade agreement its growth can probably be increased significantly and that's what we are. stakes in seven companies to russia after accepting a bailout for its crisis hit economy and it's with include gas pipeline companies and two refineries russian technologies corp and they run gazprom are among those interested in the answer it's received an eight hundr
and those of you know warm welcome to the program switzerland as a top ten investor in russia the president of the two countries are meeting wednesday for the you know gratian of the wholesome cement plant in moscow and to discuss a potential free trade agreement that we caught up with the swiss economic minister to find out what investors are looking for when it comes to russia. need their own need for pick an olive tree here in new york the technology being. offered by the swiss companies the...
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well i think it's interesting switzerland is still has a relation to their policy their monetary policy to the gold they hold is very high it's around forty percent it's no coincidence that that the swiss franc is a very strong currency right now the fact is that the experiment we've been through a few currency for the last forty years when president nixon took us off the gold standard has not worked out well we have devalued our paper currencies gold has gone up and that's why there's consideration for many not only ron paul but steve forbes and others to talk about having some sort of modified gold standard worth the our currencies are anchored by hard assets to limit the printing of them so that we don't continue to just devalued the currency that we have today you know i just kind of looking at what happened yesterday we showed you the exchange between ron paul and fed chairman ben bernanke is certainly no love lost between those two ron paul as i have often called for you know getting rid of the fed altogether but he also you know talked about the main street and wall street and th
well i think it's interesting switzerland is still has a relation to their policy their monetary policy to the gold they hold is very high it's around forty percent it's no coincidence that that the swiss franc is a very strong currency right now the fact is that the experiment we've been through a few currency for the last forty years when president nixon took us off the gold standard has not worked out well we have devalued our paper currencies gold has gone up and that's why there's...
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. >> isn't she, aren't they in cern switzerland trying to figure out, take life to the time of the great. >> the big bang. >> they want to take it back to that. >> it's-- enough energy, you see what they do, they've got these big colliders, about 20 kilometer. >> 70 miles of track. >> and i've been down there, it's extraordinary. and they collide these things. >> protons and they produce so much energy that they get close, closer to the conditions that existed in the -- >> looking for what? >> the main objective and they have several objective. the main objective is to look for a particle called the higs boson particle. and higgs is a person, actually, frritain. higgs proposed together with a couple of others, actually, that the mass of matter was invested in a higgs boson particle. and it been very difficult to decid and cern has been designed to put enough energy in these collisions to generate one of these particles. >> l me go back to biolog is there any kind of thing like that going on in biology. >> well, it is information stuff. that's my guess. not everybody would agree. if you h
. >> isn't she, aren't they in cern switzerland trying to figure out, take life to the time of the great. >> the big bang. >> they want to take it back to that. >> it's-- enough energy, you see what they do, they've got these big colliders, about 20 kilometer. >> 70 miles of track. >> and i've been down there, it's extraordinary. and they collide these things. >> protons and they produce so much energy that they get close, closer to the conditions that...
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she is a nurse from switzerland. every day she saves lives here. sometimes her patients die and she grieves for them. >> i tried to do something, but outside, you cannot do anything. he died in my arms. it's really hard. >> so many people are flooding in. there's not enough food, water, or shelter. relief workers are struggling to cope. >> the camp is growing all the time and it is becoming increasingly overcrowded and unsanitary, as well. aid agencies are stretched to the very limit. more people are arriving with every day that passes, with over thousands of them fleeing civil war and droughts in their native somalia. no one here has any intention of going home anytime soon. >> still to come on gmt -- monsters of the deep running the english coast. don't worry. it was 155 million years ago, but we look at the latest scientific revelations. >> dugard, the woman who spent 18 years held captive in a back garden in california has told american tv that the children she bore made her feel less alone. speaking exclusively to diane sawyer of abc, jaycee s
she is a nurse from switzerland. every day she saves lives here. sometimes her patients die and she grieves for them. >> i tried to do something, but outside, you cannot do anything. he died in my arms. it's really hard. >> so many people are flooding in. there's not enough food, water, or shelter. relief workers are struggling to cope. >> the camp is growing all the time and it is becoming increasingly overcrowded and unsanitary, as well. aid agencies are stretched to the...
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because she was corresponding with the egyptian prison and, you know, the sons-in-law living in exile in switzerland, you know, she was the voice that had to be reckoned with, the voice of authority even though she didn't speak arabic. she never read the book in the holy language, but she arrived with a sense of her own importance which i refer to it as an american disease where you arrive into another country and tell them how to be good muslims. the flipside of that which is why i was interested in what did he want from her? did he want her for a proxy? was he going to marry her? what did his wife think? what did his children think? what were his intentions toward her? did he want her to translate his books? there's all these questions how -- when she arrived in pakistan, you know, she immediately started writing a column. she was interviewed. she was profiled. it was like a sensation. you know, here's this westerner who's given up everything to come out of this sense of faith to live with us and tell us we're sue superior to the west and all that going op. it was another sort of question series o
because she was corresponding with the egyptian prison and, you know, the sons-in-law living in exile in switzerland, you know, she was the voice that had to be reckoned with, the voice of authority even though she didn't speak arabic. she never read the book in the holy language, but she arrived with a sense of her own importance which i refer to it as an american disease where you arrive into another country and tell them how to be good muslims. the flipside of that which is why i was...
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he got to conferences in the switzerland, sweden, england. the archbishop who was over anthony eden was his contact person. and what you had there, some of you have seen the movie valkyrie, but that's the circle he was with. and they are, again, aristocratic military people who wanted the allies to drop the idea of unconditional surrender. because they said if that happens, then germany will surrender, and we can rebuild and so on. anthony eden was not ready to bite it. it would have been high risk for anybody. but, again, the exposure to people of the other churches around the world, catholic, almost none of that happening in the '30s. so i think that opened him to a larger vision. >> the book you cite there from the church to the world partly grows out of this idea that came in one of his late letters that you mentioned. he talks about the world that has come of age. and that phrase and the implications of that then were seized by a variety of people in the years after the book was first published. i mean, can you talk a little bit about ho
he got to conferences in the switzerland, sweden, england. the archbishop who was over anthony eden was his contact person. and what you had there, some of you have seen the movie valkyrie, but that's the circle he was with. and they are, again, aristocratic military people who wanted the allies to drop the idea of unconditional surrender. because they said if that happens, then germany will surrender, and we can rebuild and so on. anthony eden was not ready to bite it. it would have been high...
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and then i moved to switzerland and worked in a bread bakery there and i worked in italy and rome in a famous bakery there which actually has kind of inspired this meter long pizzas that you see and a lot of other things. and i also worked in paris and i -- i got around. >> at what point did you transition from doing it to writing a book? >> i ended up my last sort of stop in europe was again in france in burgandy. i worked for anne landfillen, which is a will known cookbook writer and also the founder of a cooking school. i worked for her and i was her editorial assistant, so i worked with her on her cook books and i became really interested in her gardener who worked on the property. she has a beautiful 17th century chateau in burgandy and i worked there and cooked from the garden. i was inspired to tell the story of the gardener. i felt like smfs something to be told because i could tell that his life-style was completely dying out in france. >> and thisecame the basis for your first book? >> that's right. >> and from that then you got into doing this more as -- this became your p
and then i moved to switzerland and worked in a bread bakery there and i worked in italy and rome in a famous bakery there which actually has kind of inspired this meter long pizzas that you see and a lot of other things. and i also worked in paris and i -- i got around. >> at what point did you transition from doing it to writing a book? >> i ended up my last sort of stop in europe was again in france in burgandy. i worked for anne landfillen, which is a will known cookbook writer...
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he had a young swiss woman that his wife had brought back from switzerland in 1887 who was living in the house and who, apparently, had a kind of sexual magnetism that is not apparent in her pictures. her name was elaine. everybody but frank and sara seemed to realize that she was a knockout and that she stopped traffic, but she caught the attention of their next door neighbor, a man named dr. thomas ballard mcdowell, who was married and had a child but who started stalking her and immediately saying i want to marry you. i'll divorce my wife and marry you which was patently absurd because south carolina at that time did not even allow divorce. so he stalks elaine, and, um, in the meantime he has tried to hire his brother as a hitman to kill her or wealthy father-in-law -- her wealthy father-in-law and then kill her. actually, he's going to poison his wife. there's all this sort of farcical drama going on, and dawson gets wind of the fact that she is seeing somebody unsuitable. >> and so he goes over to the doctor's office, he knocks on the door, introduces himself because they've nev
he had a young swiss woman that his wife had brought back from switzerland in 1887 who was living in the house and who, apparently, had a kind of sexual magnetism that is not apparent in her pictures. her name was elaine. everybody but frank and sara seemed to realize that she was a knockout and that she stopped traffic, but she caught the attention of their next door neighbor, a man named dr. thomas ballard mcdowell, who was married and had a child but who started stalking her and immediately...
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pockets of pink showing up for southern france, switzerland, as well as parts of germany as well. looking quite calm for parts of the british isles but lots of rain bands ushering in. temperatures will be dropping significantly. 18 degrees in london. and 19 in paris. rather chilly here. ahead of it, lots of hot air coming in from the mediterranean. that's going to be boosting temperatures. 34 degrees in vienna. 31, stays hot in the balkans as well. 35 degrees in belgrade. all right. i shall leave you with your city-by-city forecast. >>> on the new york foreign exchange the dollar briefly fell to the mid 70 yen range on tuesday on fears that the greek debt crisis may spread to other countries such as italy and spain. moves to sell the euro and buy the yen helped to push the dollar down to a level last seen after the march 11 disaster in eastern japan. the greenback was being traded at 78.49 yen at one time. earlier in london the dollar dipped below the 80 yen level. the dollar is currently being traded at, we'll see those figures in a moment, here we are, 79.39-41, and the euro is
pockets of pink showing up for southern france, switzerland, as well as parts of germany as well. looking quite calm for parts of the british isles but lots of rain bands ushering in. temperatures will be dropping significantly. 18 degrees in london. and 19 in paris. rather chilly here. ahead of it, lots of hot air coming in from the mediterranean. that's going to be boosting temperatures. 34 degrees in vienna. 31, stays hot in the balkans as well. 35 degrees in belgrade. all right. i shall...
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and they, i mean, i think every house in switzerland has a bunker. and in england they, many disasters, and their knowledge of what to do and be prepared is maybe a little bit more -- >> there are things in countries all over the world that we can emulate and that we can learn from. and one of the persistent problems we have in this country is our unwillingness to recognize that maybe someplace else does it a little better, and there's something we can learn from another country. i'm not sure we can really emulate or adopt everything that another country does. we would never be able to adopt the israeli strategy of how -- we'll never get that mindset. at least maybe -- i hope, i hope we don't have a reason to get that mindset in this country. let me put it that way. but you raise a good point. i pointed this out to a group the other day. they were talking about, you know, we really need to you the federal government because they need to be able to respond better and get more boots on the ground. i immediately thought back to i spent a significant amo
and they, i mean, i think every house in switzerland has a bunker. and in england they, many disasters, and their knowledge of what to do and be prepared is maybe a little bit more -- >> there are things in countries all over the world that we can emulate and that we can learn from. and one of the persistent problems we have in this country is our unwillingness to recognize that maybe someplace else does it a little better, and there's something we can learn from another country. i'm not...
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switzerland with a swing suit he leaped from a 7000 foot cliff. if target? tl the balloon in the hand of one of his ground crew rocke rocketing by at 120 miles per hour. miscalculation of inches could prove fatal for him and his assist taichbility i want to see how close i can get to flying over a person's head. four feet over the head. 3 feet over the head. >>reporter: as he approached the man on the ground it suddenly looked like he was coming in too low. too fast. if these are the cold jagged ridges of switzerland mountain where he practice for most dangerous stunt of his life. if in september in china he will attempt to rocket through this hole in a mountain. threading the needle or dying. >> i'm going dropping out of a helicopter around here at about 2,000 feet above the cave. then i fly towards the cave and i'm come through the cave going this direction the right around here. flying if through the mountain and coming out on the other side of the mountain. >>reporter: this is a single most difficult thing i have ever tried to do ever. his training here
switzerland with a swing suit he leaped from a 7000 foot cliff. if target? tl the balloon in the hand of one of his ground crew rocke rocketing by at 120 miles per hour. miscalculation of inches could prove fatal for him and his assist taichbility i want to see how close i can get to flying over a person's head. four feet over the head. 3 feet over the head. >>reporter: as he approached the man on the ground it suddenly looked like he was coming in too low. too fast. if these are the cold...
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switzerland's biggest bank reported its profits were down about a 1/2. >> smart money is bting that washington will do the right thing. an interesting headline from forbes magazine contributing writer, saying friends don't let friends become chinese billionaires. >> it's a great headline. this comes from a most interesting article from the china daily. according to the paper, unnatural debts have taken the lives of billionaires in the past years. 19 died from illness. seven died from accidents and 14 were executed. so, according to ray's math, a chinese billionaire dies every 40 days. ali, there seems to be a replenishing supply. last year, china had 64 mi billionaires. >> let's go to jacqui jeras live from atlanta. >>> we need to worry about the flight delays. a lot of them today. our weather headline this morning, there's going to be a lot of pop-up showers and thunderstorms across much of the eastern part of the country. they'll produce some really heavy downpours. we're started out this morning with low clouds in new york city and boston. so, some delays expected there. thunderstorms expec
switzerland's biggest bank reported its profits were down about a 1/2. >> smart money is bting that washington will do the right thing. an interesting headline from forbes magazine contributing writer, saying friends don't let friends become chinese billionaires. >> it's a great headline. this comes from a most interesting article from the china daily. according to the paper, unnatural debts have taken the lives of billionaires in the past years. 19 died from illness. seven died...
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. >> reporter: in switzerland donning a wingsuit, jeb leapt from a 7,000-foot cliff. his target, these balloons, in the hand of one of his ground crew, whwhe rocketininby at 120 miles an hour. a miscalculation of inches could prove fatal, to him and to his assistant. >> i wanted to see if i could get three feet over their head. i get four feet over their head. three feet over their head. >> reporter: as he approached the man on the ground it looked like he was coming in too low, too fast. these are the cold, jagged ridges of switzerland's matterhorn, where he is practicing for the most dangerous stunt of his life. in september in china, he will attempt to rocket through this hole in a mountain, threading the needle or dying. >> i'm going to be -- i'll be dropping out of a helicopter around here about 2,000 feet above the cave. then, i'm going to be flying through the cave and in the cave right around this direction right t re. flying through the mountain. and then coming out on the other side of the mountain. this is the single most difficult thing i've ever tried to
. >> reporter: in switzerland donning a wingsuit, jeb leapt from a 7,000-foot cliff. his target, these balloons, in the hand of one of his ground crew, whwhe rocketininby at 120 miles an hour. a miscalculation of inches could prove fatal, to him and to his assistant. >> i wanted to see if i could get three feet over their head. i get four feet over their head. three feet over their head. >> reporter: as he approached the man on the ground it looked like he was coming in too...
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researchers in switzerland looked at hundreds of brain cancer patients and found they were not more likely to have been regular cell phone users. but experts say the study only looks at childhood brain tumors and doesn't address the long-term impact of cell phone use. >> the question is, the child that begins using the cell phone at 7 or age 12, when they're 47, after four decades of using the cell phone, is there risk of developing brain cancer higher? >> reporter: there's speculation children may be more susceptible because their skulls are thinner and more radiation could penetrate the brain tissue. experts say if you're concerned use an earpiece. or the phone's speaker. michelle greenwald isn't worried because her daughter mostly texts and only talks on her phone when necessary. >> makes me feel better, as soon as she calls me, i know she's okay. >> reporter: rebecca likes her independence and likes knowing help is a phone call away. joel brown, cbs news, los angeles. >>> just ahead on the "morning news" the opposite of urban flight, why people are heading back to the city. >>> plus on
researchers in switzerland looked at hundreds of brain cancer patients and found they were not more likely to have been regular cell phone users. but experts say the study only looks at childhood brain tumors and doesn't address the long-term impact of cell phone use. >> the question is, the child that begins using the cell phone at 7 or age 12, when they're 47, after four decades of using the cell phone, is there risk of developing brain cancer higher? >> reporter: there's...
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these are massive 17 or 18-mile-long particle accelerators built in geneva, switzerland and illinois. and so what is the god particle and what is confirmation of the existence after decades of searching actually mean? joining me is eric pits from the franklin institute, chief astronomer, and derrick, this is going to grab a lot of people's attention and why is it called the god particle, and what is it? >> well, the god particle is known as a higgs bosign and it is by the standard methods of physics not discovered yet. this is crucial, because it is the one particle that scientists will help us to understand basic things about the universe as you said, be one of the most basic ones is that we don't understand why particles have mass, so it is hoped that by discovering this particle we might be able to figure that out as well as figure out things about the early history of the universe, et cetera, et cetera. >> and derrick, tell us more ant the big bang machines, and these are the machines 17, 18 miles long in geneva switzerland and in illinois? >> well, the higgs bosign and this parti
these are massive 17 or 18-mile-long particle accelerators built in geneva, switzerland and illinois. and so what is the god particle and what is confirmation of the existence after decades of searching actually mean? joining me is eric pits from the franklin institute, chief astronomer, and derrick, this is going to grab a lot of people's attention and why is it called the god particle, and what is it? >> well, the god particle is known as a higgs bosign and it is by the standard methods...
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we are talking about traveling leningrad, switzerland, europe, nonstop. >> did you try to reach out and a current nba players for your book? >> i have. i have gone the circuit. i've gone to the nba all-star but it is a matter of really being able to sit down and explain what went on. some guys are up here now where you feel as though we know about the history but they really don't know about the history. they have no idea of. >> do you think they care, with all their money? [laughter] >> the audience says no. okay, we are going to turn to -- of harlem. >> a great panel. i want to first of all state that it is great we are having a discussion where we aired it period where people can discuss race. we have progressed from that of people are trying to -- [inaudible] when he discussed the music industry really, i wanted to know do you really think we have progressed that much in music? i remember mtv wouldn't show rap videos that they would show the beastie boys and they would show fishbone but they would have the red hot chile peppers on their and now we have people who hate rap music but
we are talking about traveling leningrad, switzerland, europe, nonstop. >> did you try to reach out and a current nba players for your book? >> i have. i have gone the circuit. i've gone to the nba all-star but it is a matter of really being able to sit down and explain what went on. some guys are up here now where you feel as though we know about the history but they really don't know about the history. they have no idea of. >> do you think they care, with all their money?...
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you can see it spinning right on top of switzerland. it's going to be a gray day. it's going to be a cool day. the same for parts of england as well. really we'll see the most activity with thunderstorms happening up through central europe. this is going to go all the way through the afternoon as well as into the evening. some of these storms are going to be quite strong. we'll see, of course, some thunder and we'll hear thunder and dealing with the possibility of some hail. potentially you could be dealing with delays if you're going to be traveling. as nina said, cool outside. look at the temperature, 16 degrees in brussels, 12 in milan. over towards the east we're talking about for belgrade as well as istanbul, temperatures in the 20s and 30s. as we look at tropical storm mayon, the winds continue to come down, at 102 kilometers. says take you over to our graphic, i want to show you on our radar, things are really starting to improve. you can see we're dealing with scattered showers. much of that has started to let up over the last several hours, spreading into
you can see it spinning right on top of switzerland. it's going to be a gray day. it's going to be a cool day. the same for parts of england as well. really we'll see the most activity with thunderstorms happening up through central europe. this is going to go all the way through the afternoon as well as into the evening. some of these storms are going to be quite strong. we'll see, of course, some thunder and we'll hear thunder and dealing with the possibility of some hail. potentially you...
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putting on your switzerland hat, who do you predict? they bet japan twice in may in a matter of four days. japan looks different. who's going to win? >> well, i said before the tournament began i didn't foresee japan going to the final. i said before the tournament that the u.s. would win the final 1-0 over whomever the opponent would be. i think that will be the outcome tomorrow. japan have everything to be proud of and nothing to be ashamed of. they have given the tournament something that that's been dying for, which is a team that plays as close a barcelona men as possible. they enjoy the ball. they love the little touches. they have great movement on and off the ball. they do it in sump a composed fashion that is so wonderful to watch. if all the fans out will in the u.s. are cheering for the usa they will be right and they will win. but please enjoy japan for what it will offer on sunday because they are a very talented team. >> 1-0 is what you're saying in tomorrow's final. the united states taking that. thank you and have a grea
putting on your switzerland hat, who do you predict? they bet japan twice in may in a matter of four days. japan looks different. who's going to win? >> well, i said before the tournament began i didn't foresee japan going to the final. i said before the tournament that the u.s. would win the final 1-0 over whomever the opponent would be. i think that will be the outcome tomorrow. japan have everything to be proud of and nothing to be ashamed of. they have given the tournament something...
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or switzerland? >> well, not as bad as not my standard. [laughter] the u.s. economy has been the most innovative comments that credit available at the broadest base. your distribution financial institution that was the mother to of industrial companies and you can meet the needs of either local level or national level. now we are concentrating its increasingly to read the small business in the community has to have some way to deal with this very large institute because that is soon becoming the only choice. that is the mechanism. it is not as innovative in the u.s., at least historically. so we have the strength that because europe and senate, therefore we should give up our strength. i don't did so. i really don't. when you get institutions come at the fact of life. i've talked to firms who have been pretty much told by some of the largest, most powerful institutions, words like well, why should we make this point to you? convinced me. where you have a locally owned, there's an issue again because the community different developments the institution does we
or switzerland? >> well, not as bad as not my standard. [laughter] the u.s. economy has been the most innovative comments that credit available at the broadest base. your distribution financial institution that was the mother to of industrial companies and you can meet the needs of either local level or national level. now we are concentrating its increasingly to read the small business in the community has to have some way to deal with this very large institute because that is soon...
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attention and the headlines, this morning we're reading about the new capital surcharges in banks in basel switzerland. the volcker rule arguments between jamie diamond and ben bernanke dominate the gossips columns such as they are in the financial papers. [laughter] >> you would be forgiving thinking about the is the aftermath of the banking crisis. the crisis of the nonbanks. it began in 2007, remember. the signal event was announced by hsbc the bank but the problem hcbs was in its nonbank which was known as household finance a leading subprime lender and those problems then tended to propagate from there. they essentially started in the darkest least regulated parts of the financial system and chewed their way up like a disease that eventually -- or a flood that eventually attacked the ram parts of the strongest building so we worked our way through banks like new century and worked on commercial paper and then monoline insurers. finally we brought down bear stearns and the lehman brothers. it's only then like the citigroups and washington mutuals and bank of americas, you know, saw their very live
attention and the headlines, this morning we're reading about the new capital surcharges in banks in basel switzerland. the volcker rule arguments between jamie diamond and ben bernanke dominate the gossips columns such as they are in the financial papers. [laughter] >> you would be forgiving thinking about the is the aftermath of the banking crisis. the crisis of the nonbanks. it began in 2007, remember. the signal event was announced by hsbc the bank but the problem hcbs was in its...
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canada, switzerland, a number of other countries with stellar credit rating. when we may see is the development of run of the credit rating agencies comes out and says the u.s. is not as good a risk as it used to be and we get a downgrade. it will be for the next level down. who pays these credit rating agencies? generally speaking the company that wants to borrow money pays for the rating and people subscribe to their ratings to get a sense where they should invest. s&p tells us one thing for sure, the united states does not pay for its rating. the u.s. is rated because a lot of people want to invest in it and pay for the rating. the u.s. does not pay for its aaa credit rating. we know when the news comes down about moody's and s&p who they are. >> a lot of people wondering what can i do right now to prevent any kind of disaster, in the example, your home, right? locking in on your rate. it could be -- >> yeah. >> yes? >> just this morning. every week we get mortgage rates from the mortgage bankers association. a slight increase but in 15 and 30-year fixed mo
canada, switzerland, a number of other countries with stellar credit rating. when we may see is the development of run of the credit rating agencies comes out and says the u.s. is not as good a risk as it used to be and we get a downgrade. it will be for the next level down. who pays these credit rating agencies? generally speaking the company that wants to borrow money pays for the rating and people subscribe to their ratings to get a sense where they should invest. s&p tells us one thing...
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or in switzerland. it is not that concentrated. double the size of the economy. i am curious to know why the current level of the new -- in the u.s. is dangerous. what is the counter of the argument that it is not as bad? >> not as bad is not my standard. [laughter] we have had -- the u.s. economy has been the most innovative, has -- if you look at our history you have a distribution of financial institutions similar to the distribution of industrial companies. and you can meet the needs either at a local or national level. now we are concentrating it increasingly where the small business and the community has to have some way to deal with this very large institution because that is soon become their only choice. that is the mechanism in europe. it is not as innovative as in the u.s., at least historically. we have a strength here that we are saying -- because europe has done that it means we should give up our strength? i don't think so. it is a fact of life. i mean, i talked to firms that have been pretty much told by some of those largest most powerful institu
or in switzerland. it is not that concentrated. double the size of the economy. i am curious to know why the current level of the new -- in the u.s. is dangerous. what is the counter of the argument that it is not as bad? >> not as bad is not my standard. [laughter] we have had -- the u.s. economy has been the most innovative, has -- if you look at our history you have a distribution of financial institutions similar to the distribution of industrial companies. and you can meet the needs...
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the caribbean banking centers, russia, hong kong, and switzerland. fort worth, texas, on the republican line. caller: i was wondering why we just cannot raise the debt ceiling and not pay everybody their taxes for like the next five years. do not do any refunds. how does the constitution handle that as far as tax refunds? does it say that they have to give us refunds? guest: if, hypothetically, we did not raise the debt ceiling and come to a resolution, would you still get refunds on taxes that we have paid? a lot of these legal issues about what happened exactly as we had these limits have yet to be resolved. there are a lot of the obscure treasury regulations looking anthology's technical questions about what exactly will happen. if we have some kind of crisis, everyone will want this to end. the islamic previous government shutdowns look like nothing. it will get resolved one way or another. it and what happens that we, that future to our borrowing costs. host: next caller. caller: thank you. we have a radical group of republicans that have been w
the caribbean banking centers, russia, hong kong, and switzerland. fort worth, texas, on the republican line. caller: i was wondering why we just cannot raise the debt ceiling and not pay everybody their taxes for like the next five years. do not do any refunds. how does the constitution handle that as far as tax refunds? does it say that they have to give us refunds? guest: if, hypothetically, we did not raise the debt ceiling and come to a resolution, would you still get refunds on taxes that...
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. >>> in switzerland gymnasts jumped during an event. >>> in england an image of harry potter cut into a cornfield. >>> here the softball team poses after making it into the final four of a tournament. congratulations to dean for a great seend congratulations to nbc's local affiliate wrc for winning the tournament. hot shots, pictures coming in from around the world. >>> the duke and duchess of cambridge are now back home in the uk after captivating california and canada. cnn's royal correspondent max foster reports on their triumphant tour. >> reporter: after taking canada by storm, it was time to visit california. the duke and duchess invited some friends around to the consul general's house where they were staying. the next day off to a game of polo. the duke was, in his own words, looking forward to letting loose after a busy few days. his team won. and a proud duchess presented her husband with a trophy and a kiss. on saturday night, they hit the red carpet. the duchess has arrived, and she hasn't disappointed. the dress by alexander mcqueen wowed the hollywood a-listers inside. f
. >>> in switzerland gymnasts jumped during an event. >>> in england an image of harry potter cut into a cornfield. >>> here the softball team poses after making it into the final four of a tournament. congratulations to dean for a great seend congratulations to nbc's local affiliate wrc for winning the tournament. hot shots, pictures coming in from around the world. >>> the duke and duchess of cambridge are now back home in the uk after captivating...
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., eight times in switzerland. despite the fact that we had such a lot of restructuring or because of it, we are less concentrated and there is a much better capacity to withstand the risk of failure of a major institution because there's more capital in the system. one of the great strengths of financial reform in the united states was that we took away the ability of the executive authorities, regulatory authorities, to intervene, to sustain nonviable institutions and give them a chance of living again. women did that discretion because of the moral hazard risk -- we limited that discretion. we are at the early stages of preparing reforms, but we have a lot of work to do. i am confident we will have a much more stable system and better capacity to withstand shocks in the future and to insulate well-managed institutions from the barriers and mistakes of the less prudent. >> thank you very much. the way addressed in a very substantial way and an open way the questions that asked and engaged with the audience conver
., eight times in switzerland. despite the fact that we had such a lot of restructuring or because of it, we are less concentrated and there is a much better capacity to withstand the risk of failure of a major institution because there's more capital in the system. one of the great strengths of financial reform in the united states was that we took away the ability of the executive authorities, regulatory authorities, to intervene, to sustain nonviable institutions and give them a chance of...
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geneva, switzerland. coming in at number four, moscow. and the number three most expensive city in the world? n'djamea, chad. the length of the power train warranty. and the horsepower. only ram delivers this kind of muscle. that'll thin out the herd real quick. guts. glory. ram. that'll thin out the herd real quick. right now, go to priceline for a sneak peek at recent winning and better than ever! hotel bids to find where you n save up to 60% on hotels. * we'll even email you other people's winning bids, so you'll know what price to name. *á with new hotel bid alerts, from priceline. with new hotel bid alertluck? i don'tline. trade on luck. i trade on fundamentals. analysis. information. i trade on tradearchitect. this is web-based trading, re-visualized. streaming, real-time quotes. earnings analysis. probability analysis. that's what opportunity looks like. it's all visual. intuitive. and its available free, wherever the web is. this is how trade strategies are built. tradearchitect. only from td ameritrade. welcome to better. try ne
geneva, switzerland. coming in at number four, moscow. and the number three most expensive city in the world? n'djamea, chad. the length of the power train warranty. and the horsepower. only ram delivers this kind of muscle. that'll thin out the herd real quick. guts. glory. ram. that'll thin out the herd real quick. right now, go to priceline for a sneak peek at recent winning and better than ever! hotel bids to find where you n save up to 60% on hotels. * we'll even email you other people's...
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got a $50,000 scholarship for her work, a trip to the galapagos islands, an internship with cern in switzerland. pretty amazing stuff. obviously those three girls, i call them girls but they're mature women, young women, amazing stuff. >> great ideas. also some great ideas, a bright idea here as far as usa, i think that we can safely say they're going to beat japan. as a matter of fact, they've never lost to japan in 25 games. >> the odds are pretty good, right? >> exactly. i'll be tuning in on sunday. >> it's been an amazing run so far. >>> coming up, the emmy nomination judges are just mad about a popular cable tv program. >> "mad men" dominates the nomination list, along with a few surprises. you're watching "world news now." >>> the nominations for the 63rd annual primetime emmys are out. and as usual, amc's "mad men" is leading the way. >> very popular show. there were plenty of other familiar shows and actors getting nods and a few surprises and snubs too. here's abc's karen travers with more on this year's nominees. >> i can see you have good taste. >> reporter: amc's "mad men," which fo
got a $50,000 scholarship for her work, a trip to the galapagos islands, an internship with cern in switzerland. pretty amazing stuff. obviously those three girls, i call them girls but they're mature women, young women, amazing stuff. >> great ideas. also some great ideas, a bright idea here as far as usa, i think that we can safely say they're going to beat japan. as a matter of fact, they've never lost to japan in 25 games. >> the odds are pretty good, right? >> exactly....
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he did not get to switzerland until may 5 of 1944. he was 156 days as an american, american, -- american jewish bomber pilot behind nazi lines in belgium and in france. no greater testament to this man's resourcefulness and drive could be imagined than succeeding for that long in that circumstance. when he came back from the war, he went to harvard law school and became an attorney at the department of justice. he was an assistant to a rhode island attorney general, rhode islander who became attorney general, jay howard mcgrath, and it began a very, very successful career in the law for him. it was also the time when president kennedy came to office representing that greatest generation, then a new generation, and he trusted bruce sundlun to run his inaugural parade, which was a kind of logistics feat that governor sundlun loved. the fact that it snowed like crazy the night before did not phase him a bit. the entire radical went off on schedule and without incident as planned despite the very inclement weather because bruce had prepar
he did not get to switzerland until may 5 of 1944. he was 156 days as an american, american, -- american jewish bomber pilot behind nazi lines in belgium and in france. no greater testament to this man's resourcefulness and drive could be imagined than succeeding for that long in that circumstance. when he came back from the war, he went to harvard law school and became an attorney at the department of justice. he was an assistant to a rhode island attorney general, rhode islander who became...
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do we want to look more like switzerland or do we want to look more like greece? the answer to this question is clear to the citizens of this country. unfortunately, not all of their representatives seem to have thought through the implications of going after tax expenditures. to get at this from another angle, i would like to discuss the impact of -- on taxpayers of cutting back some of these tax expenditures that come in the form of itemized deductions. i'm going to examine the effects of cutting back these itemized deductions by applying president obama's budget proposal to cap itemized deductions at 28%. it is clear that some in the white house are pushing this 28% cap hard in the negotiations over the debt limit. as noted before, itemized deductions generally are considered tax expenditures. but itemized deductions impact a number of basic long-standing features of american life. itemized deductions include the home mortgage interest deduction, the charitable contribution deduction, and the state and local tax deduction. the president is proposing to chisel a
do we want to look more like switzerland or do we want to look more like greece? the answer to this question is clear to the citizens of this country. unfortunately, not all of their representatives seem to have thought through the implications of going after tax expenditures. to get at this from another angle, i would like to discuss the impact of -- on taxpayers of cutting back some of these tax expenditures that come in the form of itemized deductions. i'm going to examine the effects of...
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feeling it's going to be basel four, people older sitting around saying conference room, you know, in switzerland, making kind of similar kind of negotiated decisions which i'm not sure is the right approach for these issues. >> richard, are they right? >> i think matt makes a valid point that anytime you try to read it one part of the financial system and another part of it is slightly red live in financial activities will go in a lightly regulate part of the system. and i think what we are trying to do in developing macroprudential tools is to recognize that and to create more holistic set of tools that look at not just capital, not just liquidity requirements, but tools that also enable us to reduce regulatory arbitrage, and to reduce the implicit or explicit buildup of leverage in other parts of the financial system. so, the use of appropriate margins and haircuts in financial markets, financial instance, the collection of data and swap data repositories and other parts of the system will help us in doing that. we are at the very early stages i would say in the department of those tools but w
feeling it's going to be basel four, people older sitting around saying conference room, you know, in switzerland, making kind of similar kind of negotiated decisions which i'm not sure is the right approach for these issues. >> richard, are they right? >> i think matt makes a valid point that anytime you try to read it one part of the financial system and another part of it is slightly red live in financial activities will go in a lightly regulate part of the system. and i think...